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Letters Patent No. 74,261, dated February 11, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IM HAND-cisne.

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Thet'I, ROGKWELL H. WAITE, of Hubberdston, in the county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Messa.-

ohusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Cards; und I do hereby declare that the following is e full, clear, and exeot description-of the slime. reference being had to the uccompenyingdrnwings, forming n. part of this specification, in which-fv .Figure 1 represents a. perspective view of so much of n. hand-card as is necessary to illustrzite my invention.

Figure 2 represents a. longitudinal section through the handle and bnck'of the card, the line of section being indicated by line C D, g. 1. l A Y Figure 3 represents aI cross-section on line A B, iig. 1

lo enable those skilled in the art to'which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail. Y

In the drawings, the part marked A represents the wooden back of the card, and B the handle'.

vThe nature of my invention consists in the peeulien` ,manner of connecting the 4handle B with the back A.

Two ,dove-tailed recesses or grooves nre out in the beck A, the groove or recess a being cut on top of the beek, and the one, u'pon the lower side of the beck. These dove-tailed grooves or recesses are soient as to leave a. tepering or wedge-like tongue-piece, a, hetween them, :is fully shown in-fig'sf and 3 of the drswings. The end of the handle B, which fits upon the back A, is mede with sin inclined slotto receive the tongue c, while parte d and e are so made that they t when the handle is driven into position, ce sho'wn in tig. 1, the doveteiled recesses or grooves a I), es clearly shown in the drawings. u g

It will be observed that both of the projections or forks d e are so made that their'lower endsare, for some distance, ilush or even with the surfaces of -the back A. rlhe handle, when thus comhinedwith the beek, is held very firm and secure in place, even without the additional' fastening of a. screw `o x'. pin, endif one is inserted for greater security, there is no danger of splitting either of the forks e, either in driving the screw or nail,-or

by the use of the card, since the forks, iitting'in the dove-tailed grooves a b, are held from lateral play or' expansion.

My improvement adds very much to the velue and utility of n devicewhch is in veryjgenernl use, of which it maybe safe to estimzite the annuel sale by hundreds 'of thousands. Y

Having described my improved hand-cord, what I claim therein as new and ofrniy invention, and desire to secure hy Letters Potent, is i The combination, with the beek A of the handle B, in the peculiar manner above described, and es shown in the accompanying drawings, for the purposes stated. y

` It. H. WAITE. Witnesses z Taos. H. Denen, l D. L. MILLER. 

